December 28, 2017 Renewables generated triple the power of coal in 2017, UK figures show British wind farms generated more electricity than coal plants on more than 75% of days this year.
December 27, 2017 Thousands protest in Morocco against the “mines of death” The city of Jerada has seen four days of massive protests.
December 26, 2017 Coal mine collapses in Afghanistan killing five Officials say the mine was dug with little regard for safety.
December 26, 2017 China halts oil product exports to North Korea in November as sanctions bite Beijing also imported no iron ore, coal or lead from North Korea in November.
December 21, 2017 Ships in a bottleneck: China, Australia ports clogged as coal, iron ore demand soars With some vessels waiting to load coal and iron ore outside Australian ports for over a month, key charter rates jumped to highest in more than three years.
December 20, 2017 Coal’s resilience today will prove its ultimate downfall: Gadfly For all the doom and gloom about the future of coal, the past two years have been a boom time for coal prices that's exceeded by their 2010 to 2012…
December 20, 2017 Glencore, Apollo Are said to bid for Rio’s last coal assets A sale would allow Rio to complete its exit from coal and continue an asset divestment program that has returned more than $7 billion since 2013.
December 19, 2017 BHP says likely to quit global coal lobby group BHP said it would seek responses from the World Coal Association over policy differences before making a final decision on whether to quit in March 2018.
December 18, 2017 Vale says won’t pay bonuses to striking Mozambique mine workers The global miner said on Monday it would not pay bonuses demanded by its workers in what it called an illegal strike at the Moatize coal plant in Mozambique.
December 18, 2017 Iron ore, coking coal prices are soaring Iron ore price jumps 5.2%, coking coal rises to levels last seen during cyclone Debbie as Chinese mills restock.
US urges partners and allies to increase critical minerals supply chain resiliency Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted his counterparts in Washington to discuss solutions to secure and diversify supply chains for critical minerals. January 12, 2026 | 03:08 pm
